@samhsloan: "[quote="SusanPolgar"]February 18. 2006
TO:	Bill Hall, USCF Executive Director
                Bill Goichberg, Don Schultz, Robert Tanner, Joel
Channing, Beatriz Marinello, members of the USCF Executive Board
Copy:	Members of the USCF Scholastic Council
	Jerry Nash, USCF Scholastic Director
RE:	Susan Polgar All-America Girl's Team
On behalf of the Susan Polgar Foundation, I would like to propose a co-
creation of a Susan Polgar All-America Girl's Team with the United
States Chess Federation starting in 2007. My foundation will award
each winner a special "Susan Polgar All-America Girl's Team" jacket
and plaque as well as other valuable chess products.
In addition, each winner will receive an invitation to attend a very
special week long intensive all-girl's training program (and / or 2-3
day special sessions at various times throughout the year) which will
be sponsored by my foundation. This would be similar to the program I
created for the 2004 US Women's Olympiad team which brought
unprecedented historic results.
They will be joined by other most talented young female players in
this nation. They will be taught by me personally as well as some of
the most experienced chess trainers in the United States. I hope that
this program will help produce a number of world-class female chess
players in the future, something that this country sorely needs.
Thank you for your support and cooperation with this very important
project.
Best wishes,
Susan Polgar
Winner of 4 Women's World Championships
and 10 Olympiad Medals (5 Gold, 4 Silver, 1 Bronze)
<url>
Below are the criteria for the Susan Polgar All-America Girl's Team:
Trophies Plus All-America Chess Team Requirement
Age 			Minimum Peak Rating
8 & Under 		                1600
9 			1700
10 			1800
11 			1925
12 			2050
13 			2150
14 			2200
15 			2250
16 			2300
17 			2350
18 			2400
Susan Polgar All-America Girl's Chess Team Requirement
Age 			Minimum Peak Rating
8 & Under 		                1500
9 			1600
10 			1700
11 			1825
12 			1950
13 			2050
14 			2100
15 			2150
16 			2200
17 			2250
18 			2300[/quote]
Here is the letter that started a big controversy in much the same way
as the controversy to move the Denker got started.
The letter looks innocent enough. She wrote, "The program would cost
the USCF $0 in out of pocket expense". However, it turned out that
Susan wanted one year of free ads in Chess Life which, she wrote,
would not cost the USCF a penny.
Within four days she started attacking the board for not immediately
approving her proposal. She eventually got the free ads but she still
has not started her end of the bargain, which included jackets,
plaques and chess lessons from Susan.
Instead, all those free ads for which she paid nothing and did nothing
have propelled her to run for the board against those "Destructive
Chess Politicians" who gave her all that free stuff.
Is there not something wrong with this?
Sam Sloan"
    @samhsloan: "[quote="Mulfish"]Which part of the phrase "out of pocket" do you not
understand?[/quote]
Free advertising space in Chess Life is not free to the USCF. Susan
got 2 1/2 pages of free publicity in Chess Life for doing absolutely
theresacohen@example.org.
You should be able to see a pattern here: The USCF has long had an
"All-American Team". So, Susan wants to start a "Susan Polgar All-
American Team". Similarly, for the last two decades the USCF has a
"Denker Tournament of High School Champions". So, seeing the success
of this program, she starts a "Susan Polgar Tournament of High School
Champions".
By the way, how many have noticed that her campaign for election tends
to imitate my themes, often copying my campaign blurbs?
Don't you think that Susan Polgar should develop her own programs,
rather than copying or trying to steal the already successful USCF
programs?
Sam Sloan"
    @samhsloan: "I forgot to mention the "Susan Polgar World Open Championship for
Girls" and the "Susan Polgar National Open Championship for Girls".
Both of these are trading off the name of the real World Open Chess
Championship and the real National Open Chess Championship.
Why does Susan always insist on naming everything after herself,
Donald Trump-style? Nowhere else in the world has any chess organizer
gone around naming chess tournaments after herself.
Sam Sloan"
    @invalid: "<quote>
But sam, you ARE a "Destructive Chess Politician!"
Your crossposting the above to soc.culture.magyar proves it.
Off-topic crossposts are very destructive, and you don't care
who you inconvenience."
    @DrDowd: "<quote>
You answered it yourself: Polgar realizes that her name is a commodity
to be traded upon. In essence, you are blasting her for trying to make
a living from chess. Are you now the Avery Brundage of chess as well?
It's very similar to your blasting of the Texas Tech scholarships,
stating "no one wants to go there." Besides the fact that that isn't
true (there may only be a certain minority who want to go there now,
but "no one"?), she is trying to build a strong chess team (at least
that is how I see it) by offering the scholarships. And there again,
the name is something to trade on.
And while I have nothing against Redman or Sherman, wouldn't a strong
team of home-grown players be welcome in comparison to the GM-laden
teams, some of which are there apparently just for money and not the
education? I'm not arguing for or against importing players... but the
day a home-grown team beats such a team...... hell, you could make a
movie about it. "Coach Carter,"  meet "Coach Polgar."
How many basketball players would never have considered going to Texas
Tech before a coach with a chessic name went there?
Sorry, Sam.  This is just more Polgar-hatred and bashing."
    @samhsloan: "Here is Polgar's next posting, although nobody on the board had yet
responded.
Please tell me why you think she was not already attacking:
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 12:47 pm    Post subject:  	Reply with quote
Mike,
I do not have a problem with board members analyzing it. I encourage
them to study it. They can call me if they wish. However, I do have a
problem with board members pushing their own personal and political
agenda publicly or misleading the members.
My letter stated very clearly that the Susan Polgar Foundation will
cover the costs. In no place I mentioned involving the USCF
financially. I want to do this with the USCF to reach out to the most
girls possible and to help the federation. If they have a question,
ask me. Don't pose the questions publicly without having the courtesy
to inform me FIRST. Did they expect me to have psychic power to know
their questions? At least give me the courtesy to respond to the
inquiries. I did not even see the questions until someone alerted me.
This is not a professional way of handling important matters.
I never talked about dumbing down any girl. The idea is to help raise
the girl's playing level so they can compete equally in open events
with their male counterpart in the near future. Not everything has to
be political. The program offered is as is, no more, no less.
Why does this program have to be debated by board members in this
forum before it's done while a secret deal was signed with the KCF in
2004 while the USCF had a legal contract with the SPF without any
public discussion or awareness? Isn't that a double standard?
Then there is the issue of getting more sponsorship. I need time to go
out and raise more money to perhaps cover housing and food expenses
for these players. I ran my girl's event last month and got 40
sponsors. The participants paid $28 advanced entry fees and received a
$65 goodie bag. I need to maintain the same level of professionalism
to attract serious sponsors. This is about the girls. This is not
about chess politicians.
Best wishes,
Susan Polgar
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    @marcus: "<quote>
I want to SCREAM this QUESTION?
Why can't any natioal or citizen of St Kitts and Nevis play in the
World Chess Championship? Is there something wrong with this? How much
discrimination do you expect me to take, before I do something about
it?
Marcus Roberts
Permanent Delegate of St Kitts and Nevs to FIDE"
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